principle, and the Index will show how the birds are distributed into Orders and Tribes, or Families. Here, we may proceed without further formality, beginning with Cuvier's first Order, the Raptores, or birds, of prey, which have sharp, curved talons for seizing their game, and hooked beaks for tearing its flesh.

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